We have developed a modified optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) system that performs parallel imaging of three-dimensional (3D) surface profiles by using the space division multiplexing (SDM) method with dual-area swept sourced beams. We have also demonstrated that 3D surface information for two different areas could be well obtained in a same time with only one camera by our method. In th...

We present a study of rough surface inverse scattering problems using evolutionary strategies. The input data consists of far-field angle-resolved scattered intensity data, and the objective is to reconstruct the surface profile function that produced the data. To simplify the problem, the random surface is assumed to be one-dimensional and perfectly conducting. The optimum of the fitness funct...

In order to measure the surface profile of the thin films in wide area with high accuracy, the research on the new measurement method was conducted and many patents on measurement method and system were researched. Based on the physical properties of soft thin film, the method of using white interferometer and ball cantilevers for measuring the surface profile of thin film is proposed. Then, th...

A novel method is described for surface pro"le extraction based on morphological processing of multiple range sensor data. The approach taken is extremely #exible and robust, in addition to being simple and straightforward. It can deal with arbitrary numbers and con"gurations of sensors as well as synthetic arrays. The method has the intrinsic ability to suppress spurious readings, crosstalk, a...

The branch of fluid mechanics is also familiar with biomechanics recently. The combination of hydrodynamic and mechanical specification of the flow can reach the complex description of the liquid flow in the hydraulic system. The hydraulic system can represent the airways and ventilation system, and external blood circulation. An important role in the study of hemo-transport has its interaction...

Surface Plasmon microscopy enables measurement of local refractive index on a far finer scale than prism based systems. An interferometric or confocal system gives the so-called V(z) curve when the sample is scanned axially, which gives a measure of the surface plasmon propagation velocity. We show how a phase spatial light modulator (i) performs the necessary pupil function apodization (ii) im...

Condenser microphones of all types are traditionally made with a planar electrode parallel to an electrically conducting diaphragm, additional diaphragm stiffness at acoustic frequencies being provided by the air enclosed in a cavity behind the diaphragm. In all designs, the motion of the diaphragm in response to an acoustic signal is greatest near its center and reduces to zero at its edges. A...

We study the temperature profile for a semi-infinite thin layer due to a Gaussian heat source. We follow the time-dependent temperature profile at the center of the top surface of the layer, deriving the asymptotic behavior and both the short time and long time behaviors. We also show that one can estimate thermal properites from various time measurements of the temperature at the center of the...

The solution algorithm used in CarbTool is based on the finite difference method (FDM), and the code is developed using Microsoft Visual C++ in Window OS. The tool has been built on the concept of the carbon flux at the surface between the gas and steel is to be specified by the user. The outputs of CarbTool are the carbon concentration distribution profile inside the steel part and the surfa...

The Melnikov criterion is used to examine a global homoclinic bifurcation and transition to chaos in the case of a quarter car model excited kinematically by the road surface profile. By analyzing the potential an analytic expression is found for the homoclinic orbit. By introducing an harmonic excitation term and damping as perturbations, the critical Melnikov amplitude of the road surface pro...